Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras underlined the strengthening of the Greek-Russian relations in the sectors of economy, trade and tourism in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of the Belt and Road forum that is taking place in Beijing.

In the last years, said Tsipras, a significant increase in trade and in the number of tourists from Russia to Greece is recorded. Both governments are closely cooperating on the strengthening of the bilateral relations in all sectors. For this reason, Greece and Russia will prepare the new Joint Ministerial Committee meeting.

On his part, Putin thanked the Greek prime minister for his efforts to strengthen the relations between the two countries. He referred to the need to further deepen bilateral relations.